Patents by Inventor Alain Noel

Alain Noel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8522432
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing radial pistons for a hydraulic motor by machining cylindrical transverse holes at regular intervals in a bar, and, in order to form two adjacent pistons, cutting up the bar on a transverse cutting-up plane passing through one of said holes so that a first portion of said hole forms a cradle-shaped recess in the base of the first one of the two adjacent pistons and so that another portion of said hole forms a cradle-shaped recess in the top of the second one of the two adjacent pistons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Poclain Hydraulics Industrie
    Inventors: Gilles Lemaire, Alain Noel
  • Patent number: 8281707
    Abstract: A piston for a hydraulic motor including a body having a guiding and sealing surface, a base, and a top, which top is providing with a cradle-shaped recess. The base is provided with an additional cradle-shaped recess whose concave surface faces in the direction in which the concave surface of the recess in the top faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Poclain Hydraulics Industrie
    Inventors: Gilles Lemaire, Alain Noel
  • Patent number: 8146483
    Abstract: A piston including a body having a guiding and sealing surface, a base, and a top, which top is provided with a cradle-shaped recess in which a journal-bearing lining is retained by stop surfaces formed on the edges of the recess. The stop surfaces are formed by deforming the edges of the recess towards the inside thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Poclain Hydraulics Industrie
    Inventors: Gilles Lemaire, Alain Noel
  • Publication number: 20120073133
    Abstract: A piston for a hydraulic motor including a body having a guiding and sealing surface, a base, and a top, which top is providing with a cradle-shaped recess. The base is provided with an additional cradle-shaped recess whose concave surface faces in the direction in which the concave surface of the recess in the top faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: POCLAIN HYDRAULICS INDUSTRIES
    Inventors: Gilles LEMAIRE, Alain NOEL
  • Publication number: 20090183629
    Abstract: A piston including a body having a guiding and sealing surface, a base, and a top, which top is provided with a cradle-shaped recess in which a journal-bearing lining is retained by stop surfaces formed on the edges of the recess. The stop surfaces are formed by deforming the edges of the recess towards the inside thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Gilles Lemaire, Alain Noel
  • Publication number: 20090165641
    Abstract: A piston for a hydraulic motor including a body having a guiding and sealing surface, a base, and a top, which top is providing with a cradle-shaped recess. The base is provided with an additional cradle-shaped recess whose concave surface faces in the direction in which the concave surface of the recess in the top faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Gilles Lemaire, Alain Noel
  • Patent number: 6293100
    Abstract: A hydraulic motor (1) comprising a casing (2A, 2B) a reaction member having a reaction profile (4), a cylinder block (6), an internal fluid distributor (16) suitable for putting the cylinders (12) of the cylinder block (6) in communication with fluid feed and exhaust ducts, and a braking system which comprises first and second braking elements (42, 44), constrained to rotate respectively with the reaction member (4) and with the cylinder block (6). The braking system further comprises a brake piston (40) suitable for being displaced axially so as to urge the braking elements into braking contact or so as to enable braking to be released. The brake piston is constrained to rotate with the casing about the axis of rotation, and it has a substantially radial active face, a first brake member (42) belonging to the first braking means being integral with said active face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Poclain Hydraulics Industrie
    Inventors: Bernard Allart, Louis Bigo, Marc Perot, Alain Noel
  • Patent number: 5632191
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic mechanism comprising: a cam; a cylinder block; cylinders formed in the cylinder block; pistons slidably mounted in the cylinders; thrust rollers for the pistons acting on the cam and axially defined by two transverse faces; two wedging parts for each roller, each wedging part being disposed in a recess between the end face of the roller and the inside face of the cylinder, thereby holding the roller in position, one of the wedging parts extending to the bottom portion of the recess and including a groove parallel to the axis of the piston, and a projection that is fixed relative to the cylinder being received in the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Poclain Hydraulics
    Inventors: Gilles Lemaire, Alain Noel
  • Patent number: 5220790
    Abstract: The assembly of a fluid motor with two cubic capacities and of a brake which is coupled thereto, is disclosed. According to the invention, the large cubic capacity of the motor can be selected only when the brake is in its brake-release configuration. One application of the invention is the production of a "braked" motor provided with a relatively small, but operationally reliable brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Assignee: Poclain Hydraulics
    Inventors: Bernard Allart, Alain Noel
  • Patent number: 5220854
    Abstract: A mechanism casing for a hydraulic motor comprises a casing body having a face for application of a lid. The lid is applied tightly on the casing body face and fastened to the casing body by screws via screwheads thereof tightened against an outer face of the lid. The screws pass through the lid via screw passages with circumferential clearance between the screws and screw passages. An O-ring is interposed between the casing body and the lid. At least one of the screw passages are conduit screw passages which open out within a perimeter defined by the O-ring. The conduit screw passages open out into cavities formed in one of either the casing body or the lid, and through which cavities the conduit screw passages permanently communicate with the enclosure defined by the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Assignee: Poclain Hydraulics
    Inventors: Bernard Allart, Alain Noel